Intuitive Embodiment Rolfing® Structural Integration allows for an abundance of vitality and empowerment by creating a sense of spaciousness within the body.

What is Rolfing®?

Rolfing® Structural Integration is a whole-body approach to alignment and wellness. While sessions are offered individually the full benefits of Rolfing® are best experienced through a series. While the ten-series is a great way to set the structural foundation of the body Advanced 3-series and 5-series sessions are available. Advanced series address deeper whole-body relationships of the body.

Can I do only 1 session?

Yes! Sessions can be designed around your availability and financial need. Rolfing sessions incorporate a range of depths from light to deep touch. Techniques may include Craniosacral, Energy-work, and somatic movement.

The ten-series:

The ten-series is essentially one session that is broken down into 10 to 15 hours of manual therapy that is performed over 6 weeks to 10 months. The client and practitioner work together to unwrap fascial tensions in the body which allows the individual to align in gravity. This increased ease in the gravitational field allows for better posture, and many have reported an increase in mobility, flexibility, and decreased pain.

The Advanced Rolfing 3 or 5-series:

The Advanced Rolfing 3 or 5 series is an individual and deeply creative process between the client and practitioner. Sessions tend to focus on deeper relationships of the body and often include joint manipulation or somatic movement. These sessions are great for people who already have a high level of adaptability in their system from receiving consistent bodywork, movement training, or the ten-series. From here the Advanced series can assist in elevating the previous work or help to address underlying injuries or chronic dysfunctions.

The Ten Series journey: 

The first 3 sessions are referred to as "the sleeve" sessions. In these sessions, we address superficial fascia and superficial areas of the body. The idea is to work light to deep and head to toe in an almost “puff-pastry” like way with the fascial. Slowly unwinding the patterns. 

The contemplative aspect of the sleeve sessions addresses "Where am I?". This is where you are in your body but also in life in terms of mental, emotional, and spiritual states. 

The next 4 sessions are "the core" sessions. Here, we will work on deeper relationships within the fascial layers but also within deep structures such as spinal rotations and core-to-sleeve relationships. The contemplative aspect of this area addresses "Who am I?". Often during these sessions, clients begin to evaluate various patterns in their lives, bodies, and relationships regarding their past and present. 

The last 3 sessions are referred to as "the integration" sessions. Here we work by integrating the work with your daily movement patterns to bring the body together in harmony while addressing and cleaning up any functional issues still present in the system. The contemplative aspect of these sessions is "Where am I going?". These sessions work to establish who you are in your daily life and how you can present your most authentic self to the world while moving through the world with greater ease.

Each client has their own journey with rolfing structural integration. It's a very experiential process and I would say no two sessions or experiences are quite the same. While many find that their bodies look more aligned, I would say that the goal is to allow for more options in movement, function, and experience. Often we get bound in habitual patterns and entire muscle groups will begin to function in tandem. Rolfing works to reawaken the body and its systems to their individual functions, allowing them to work together or not. A pleasant benefit is that often people feel more at ease in their bodies and experience a decrease in pain. However, pain in itself is a tricky thing to understand as pain is really just a sensation mixed with emotion. 

The Advanced Series journey: 

Advanced series are personally designed around each individual and their goals. The goals of these sessions widely range. While some will focus on creating support and adaptability, others may have goals of processing deeply stored emotions, another may want to increase mobility for a particular sport, or they can be designed around recovering from an injury. Also, the Advanced work can be designed as a second step after a 10-series to continue the integration process.

If you have further questions, please feel free to reach out at VanessaTheRolfer@gmail.com or 215-859-2479.

I’m looking forward to working with you!